The parents of slain Michigan medical student Paul DeWolf came face to face yesterday in court with one of the men charged in the murder of their son.

DeWolf’s parents, Thom and Kris DeWolf,
traveled to Ann Arbor in Michigan for the hearing on Wednesday. They declined to comment when they left the
court.

Shaquille Jones, 21, from South Carolina, who is accused of shooting to death the University of Michigan student along with Joei Jordan, 20, failed to make a plea as expected with his lawyer in the Washtenaw County Trial Court.

DeWolf was discovered dead on July 24 from a gunshot wound in his own bedroom at a fraternity house that he shared with other medical students in Ann Arbor.

According
to the statements, the suspects and a third man not yet charged in the
case broke into Phi Rho Sigma medical fraternity and entered DeWolf's
basement bedroom, startling him.

Thugs: Joei Jordan (left) and Shaquille Jones are accused of breaking into Paul DeWolf's apartment and fatally shooting him

Thom and Kris DeWolf sit in the front row of the Washtenaw County Trial Court as they wait for the hearing of Shaquille Jones

In the dock: Suspect Shaquille Jones failed to make a plea as expected

DeWolf went
to get something from his dresser and one of the suspects tried to
strike him with the gun, but it fired instead, according to the
statements. Ann Arbor police Detective Katie Nucci recounted the
statements at a Nov. 22 warrant hearing for Jordan and Jones, the newspaper said.

Jones' case has been postponed to February 19 for another pre-trial hearing, according to U.S. news website MLive. Jordan’s next court hearing is on May 19.

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The two men say they
sneaked into Paul DeWolf's basement bedroom at his medical fraternity
during a burglary attempt and that his shooting was unintended.

Last month the Detroit Free Press reported it had obtained police statements from two men
jailed on murder and home invasion charges in the death of DeWolf, a
25-year-old prospective surgeon whose body was found July 24.

According
to the statements, the suspects and a third man not yet charged in the
case broke into Phi Rho Sigma medical fraternity and entered DeWolf's
basement bedroom, startling him.

Paul DeWolf was discovered dead from a gunshot wound in his bedroom at a fraternity house

DeWolf went
to get something from his dresser and one of the suspects tried to
strike him with the gun, but it fired instead, according to the
statements. Ann Arbor police Detective Katie Nucci recounted the
statements at a Nov. 22 warrant hearing for Jordan and Jones, the newspaper said.

Using data about a stolen computer, investigators tracked Jordan to Sumter County, S.C., and Jones to North Charleston, S.C.

A
third suspect accused of firing the gun is jailed in Michigan on a bond
violation in another case but hasn't been charged in DeWolf's killing.

DeWolf
was a native of Schoolcraft in southwestern Michigan and a graduate of
Grand Valley State University. He was attending medical school on an Air
Force scholarship and held the rank of second lieutenant.

Other suspect Joei Jordan, right, will appear for his next court hearing on May 19

In
her testimony, Nucci said Jordan entered through an open rear window as
Jones and the third man remained outside. Jordan emerged a short time
later with a PlayStation 3, taken from a basement recreation room in the
house and hidden in his backpack, the detective said.

Jordan
climbed back through the window and let the other two in through a rear
door, Jones told detectives. Eventually, they ended up in the basement,
where they hid in a utility closet when they heard two students coming
down a hallway, Nucci testified.

The three of them then made their way to the room where DeWolf lived and entered.

Jones
said DeWolf got out of bed "and was asking what was going on," the
detective testified. She said Jones told investigators that the third
suspect "pulled out a handgun and pointed it" at the medical student and
"ordered DeWolf not to move."

Accomplice: Jordan and Jones say a third man who participated in the robbery actually fired the shot that killed DeWolf

"At some point
DeWolf grabbed something off of his desk and/or drawer" and started to
move toward the third suspect, at which time the man "raised the gun and
attempted to strike DeWolf with the gun, and the gun at that time
fired."

DeWolf screamed, and the suspects ran off, Nucci testified.

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Parents look on in hearing for suspect in shooting of Michigan medical student in his fraternity house